Instead of exploiting the oil in one of the most biodiverse corners of the planet, in the Yasuní-ITT Initiative, the Ecuadorian government asks the international community for financial help amounting to half of the expected income from the oil, to be used for changing the course of the Ecuadorian economy to post-carbon.

Beyond Zero Emissions’ “Laggard to Leader” report calls for a pragmatic focus on “cooperative decarbonization” in the absence of an operational global climate agreement and proposes for Australia to implement a moratorium on new fossil projects and tip the economic balance for renewables in India and China.

The Greenpeace report “Point of No Return” lists the biggest projects that aim at increasing fossil fuel extraction around the world.

Nnimmo Bassey, Bill McKibben and Pablo Solón send a joint letter to COP18, calling for leaving two thirds of fossil fuel reserves in the ground.

2013:

EJOLT and Oilwatch publish the report “Towards a Post-Oil Civilization” (12.6 MB) where they propose a Global Moratorium on Exploration and Exploitation in all Indigenous Territories and all Protected Areas (see their press release).

The Paris Agreement sets a date for “net zero” emissions in the second half of the century. Even though the agreement makes no mention of fossil fuels, many interpret this as an effective deadline for fossil fuels.

2016:

An article in Nature spells out how much of different fossil fuel reserves would stay in the ground for a 2° target, based on economic considerations.

A number of civil society groups propose a Climate Test for new fossil fuel infrastructure.